good evening, everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. >> the president's refusal to negotiate is hurting our economy and putting our country at risk. >> if republicans and speaker boehner is saying there are not enough votes then they should prove it. let the bill go to the floor, and let's see what happens. >> nearing week two, no compromise, and the argument continues. two u.s. military raids in africa, and two different outcomes. plus, the first monday in october, the supreme court dealing with some major cases, including abortion, religion and

free speech. ♪ in just about four hours it will officially be week two of the u.s. government shutdown. another week of no play for hundreds of thousands of americans, and neither side appears to be willing to bend. mike viqueira joins us with the latest. >> where it stands now is at a stand still. positions hardered over the course of this weekend, and now many are talking about and thinking about what many regard as unthinkable, that is in just ten days a first-ever government default. instead of asia as planned, president obama was home bound visiting fema headquarters where 86% of workers are furloughed. >> we're not going to negotiate

over the threat of a prolonged shutdown until republicans get 100% of what they want. >> reporter: only house speaker john boehner will allow a vote. >> i ask the speaker, what are you afraid of? >> reporter: but boehner invests that votes are not there, and calls for the president to come to the table. >> the american people expect when their leaders have differences and we're in a time of crisis that we'll sit down and at least have a conversation. really, mr. president it's time to have that conversation. >> reporter: and so it goes. each day brings another trial balloon.

now as the debt ceiling approaches some are thinking about what economists say is unthinkable. a new pew poll says four in ten americans think it can happen without major economic problems. among the tea party that number is 64%. in the house conservatives are pushing boehner. >> why do i fight over funding bills, the debt ceiling and socialized medicine in because too many washington politicians pander to next-election voters without caring one twit about america's future. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner says he agrees allowing the country to go into default would be a catastrophe, but he also says he is not going to pass a clean raise to the debt ceiling, the president is going to have to come to the table with concessions if he is going to go along. there are warning signs from

wall street as the shutdown enters week two. >> hey, john, good to see you. these drops on the market are not big deals in and of themselves, but they are starting to add up. we have taken 4% almost off of the market since the highs last month all because of this. >> as you know there are trillions invested in u.s. securities. so what happens if the u.s. really defaults. >> what the treasury has been doing since may is juggling around, but come october 17th, there is a chance of what is call adtech nick call default. we may miss an interest payment on one of these trillions of dollars in bonds. that's the way the u.s. borrows money. these people either get more money back when the bond matures

or get interest payments. it just means the money is going to come later, that's why it is technical, but america hasn't missed a payment since 1790 or something like that. this is the reason the u.s. is the reserve currency of the world because it is safe. all countries know while you may not get a great return, you will get your money back. so the minute you put that into question, all of a sudden you become a higher risk. and that could manifest as higher interest rates. >> a lot of people are comparing the shock wave of a possible default to the collapse of lehman brothers five years ago. do you think that's overstating it? >> i never know how to go into these things, because i never thought we would be in this position. with lehman you didn't think

there would be a problem with a major wall street investment firm, and when they decided to let it collapse on a sunday night, all of the people around the table, they didn't think the world's reaction would be as harsh as it was. so all of a sudden monday morning comes over, and nobody in the world will lend money to each other. interest rates skyrocketed. and that was an investment bank. so there is certainly some thinking that a default by the government of the united states would be more serious and could trigger some sort of worldwide credit crunch. now that's not clear that a credit crunch becomes a recession, but it did the last time we saw one. >> in 2011 we remember the credit took a real hit, but interest rates didn't go up.

could that happen this time? >> that's the other side. some way two years ago interest rates kind of stabilized. here is the difference, two years ago europe was a mess. and the euro is the only challenging to the u.s. dollar. europe is still in rough shape, but it's not volatile the way it was two years ago, so there is some thinking that because try interest rates have already started to go up, that it might contribute to that. but i have heard to other people saying they think it will be such a short-term problem that you won't see a spike in interest rates. so i just don't know in an economy that's just starting to grow like ours is, why

washington would allow this kind of risk to occur. >> ali velshi from "real money," ali thank you. the libbian government condemned the capture of a man outside of his house on saturday. he is accused of being the head of the embassy bombing where more than 220 people were killed. and the military also tried to capture a al-shabab in somalia, but that was unsuccessful. >> reporter: early saturday morning before dawn seal team six, the same group that got osama bin laden stormed a seeside villa. the special forces team took on heavy fire and had to quickly pull out. the american commandos did kill

several people but it is unconformed who. we have confirmed the target was this man. he is known simply and ikrima, and he is a mysterious figure. there are no public photos known, and thought to be involved with theater ror networks. he is a key leader in al-shabab, that's the group behind the nairobi mall attacks last month. he also planned several other big terror attacks. now with the failure of the u.s. raid, it is likely he remains a serious threat. joining us is ambassador robin sanders, the normer ambassador to nigeria and republican of congo.

ambassador welcome. >> thank you, john. >> what is your reaction to this raid? >> well, the raid in libya, i think is really a good closure for the families of the victims from 1998. >> you knew many of those people. >> i knew many of those people. i lost a good friend in the bombing. and for them 15 years later it was a good closing. what we did was the right thing to do. there has been a $5 million bounty on the head of alibby since 1991. >> so it comes after this attack in nairobi. so what is the connection if any? >> it may not be direct ex-september they are all involved with al-qaeda in some

way. in the case of al-libby in libbyia he was the main syndicate of al-qaeda. so they are all connected to the al-qaeda syndicate, some with regional and local affiliates and in libya he was definitely wart of the affiliate that was linked to osama bin laden. >> it sure sounds like africa has become the new front on the war of terror. >> i think you need to look at it very, very systematically. certainly the region in the north there, there are a lot of indications not only in moli and libya of al-qaeda affiliates being very, very effective. we saw what happened in moli,

and certainly in nigeria and in the horn. so that is certainly a haven for al-qaeda affiliates. >> and what about libya condemning this raid? >> well, i'm not sure that that is all going to wash out clean in the end. certainly when we have these operations we definitely coordinate with the security officials on the ground. i -- myself while i was in m mie -- nigeria and congo, i was briefed on two attacks. whether they brief all the way up to their prime minister that's an issue for them to work out, but i can't imagine we didn't have coordination and cooperation on the ground. and even his wife talked about the people that took him -- that captured him spoke with a

libbian dialect. >> this is al-libby's wife. >> exactly. >> and she said what? >> she said that the people that captured him had libbian dialects. so we had to have some sort of coordination -- >> are you suggesting -- not to interrupt you, i apologize -- so are you suggesting while on the one hand they are condemning it publicly, that they may have had something to do with it? >> i'm saying we generately coordinate with security forces on the ground. it's really the responsibility of the security forces to brief up to their politicians, not ours. >> are they able to handle the situation on the own now? >> i don't think that either country is. they are both in transition.

they only recently have been able to stabilize mogadishu. and libya remains in transition. so his stability in terms of its own ability to protect its borders and maintain security is always a challenge. >> do you see the u.s. carrying out more of these raids in the near future? >> i think we have to look at each operation on a case by case basis. i think as we go forward -- as the asee met recall warfare conditions we'll have to evaluate on a case by case basis. >> thank you very much.

explosions in bagdad are the latest in an insurgent of violence that has rocked iraq. a massive typhoon hit chi china's east coast this week. and now flooding continues in the region. the government says it will cost at least $160 million to clean and rebuild. a record-breaking snow storm in south dakota has left tens of thousands of people without power. the storm this weekend also hit wyoming and colorado and left dozens stranded in their car. at least four people have died, and cattle ranchers and farmers are still counting their snow-related losses.

♪ and that same snow storm that we saw through parts of colorado, south dakota is the same storm that is now pushing through parts of the northeast. it has quieted down quite a bit over the last 24 hours. you can see the line of thunderstorms that pushed through new england pushing through very quickly. we saw a lot of damage in terms of wind. all of these dots are public defender damage reports all across virginia, pennsylvania, new york, new york, delaware, and all across new england. in the next three hours we think most of the storm will be actually out to sea or in the canadian maritimes. and then we'll have a reprieve in weather. up towards maine we're talking about severe thunderstorm watches.

and the temperatures behind the storm are really going to start to go down. cleveland up at 59 degrees, and the difference between today and yesterday, for new york we're 70 degree cooler, but pittsburgh you are 24 degrees cooler because of all of the cooler air. next time i see you i'll talk about the typhoon that will be effecting parts of japan. when we come back we'll preview the biggest cases the supreme court will consider. and we'll tell you what analysts say the shares for twitter will sell for.

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>>from our headquarters in new york ... [[voiceover]] now there's a news channel with more of what americans want to know. >>i'm ali velshi, and this is real money. >>this is america tonight. >>our news coverage, reporting, and documentaries explore, inspire, and reveal more of america's stories. >>i'm here to investigate genetically modified salmon. three u.s. scientists have won the 2013 noble prize in medicine. the men each discovered how cells organize their internal

system. their research is important for work on neurological diseases, diabetes and other disorders. they will share the prize of more than a million dollars. and dr. schectman joins us live there berkeley. good to see you, and congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> how did you get the news? >> i returned from a trip from germany last night, and was exhaust exhausted. so i went to get at 9:00, four hours later i was awaken by a call from stoke home. my wife said this is it! this is it! and i jumped up answered the phone and it sure was. >> did you ever dream when you started on this research path that it would begin or end here? [ laughter ] >> of course, i hope it wasn't end here.

but one doesn't part a path with those kinds of dreams. what i had was an interest in how cells organize themselves, and a passion for doing experimental work. >> talk about the research itself. what does it mean for medicine going forward. >> sure. sure. so all of our cells in our body manufacture thousands of protein molecules, little engines that catalyze the chemistry of life. about 10% of these are destine for shipment outside of the cell. they become packaged within packages of membranes called ves calls, and they are conveyed to the perimeter and discharge their content by merging with the cell surface. it's called secretion. and when i started in my

laboratory in berkeley in 1976, i had a wonderful graduate student, and he and i set about to dissect this process in yeast. we were able to define the pathway using genetics and molecular biology, and the biotech have the was able to harvest that knowledge to engineer the expression and large-scale production of molecules like insulin and growth factors and were able to manufacture the vaccine that we use when we are immunized all because of this basic knowledge of yeast, which has had tremendous impact. one third of the world's supply of insulin is made by secretion in yeast. >> you had some pretty tough

words for the u.s. government when you talked about this, specifically about basic science research and funding. can you talk about that? >> yeah, sure. my work benefited by investment by the federal government, the nih, the national science foundation, even though i never gave practical reasons why this work would be important. it was merely because of my convictioning that understanding basic cellar processes would be crucial to technological advancement. and yet both the decision-making in washington in support of the nih budget and even within the nih i'm afraid tends to favor practical applications at the expense of basic science. i would wish that the federal government would restore funding to the nih, and the nih would recognize the value of basic

undirected science. >> does the shutdown effect any of this? >> absolutely. base all all of my resources come from private sources. but my colleagues here and elsewhere are crucially dependent on the nih, the sequester and now the shutdown has had a dramatic effect. we're losing scientists who are moving back to their countries a abro abroad, and this is stripping basic advance in science. >> well, we want to congratulate you again. it's great to talk to you dr. schectman. good luck. >> thank you very much. ♪ the stalemate in washington, d.c. is not just rattling investors in the united states it is also raising fears in

china. beijing is concerned about possible default if congress doesn't agree to raise the debt ceiling. china says the u.s. needs to react to protect itself investments in america. the latest survey of gas stations finds the average price for a gallon of unleaded fell $0.14 this week. ford has big expansion plans. it wants to boost its production by a third worldwide by 2017. it is looking to add more factories in emerging markets. >> the twice of twitter is already soaring. investment firm rates twitter a buy with a share price of $50. twitter itself valued its at $20

per share. the new $100 bill will make its debut on tuesday. it has several features making it more difficult for c-- countr fitters to copy. ♪ the young cardinal almost made history in pittsburgh, and michael eaves is here to tell us about it. >> michael watka who came without an out of pitching a no hitter, became within a pitch of another no hitter today. it was the post season debut for wattka. the a's took a two-game division

lead. this one got a little testy late when oakland pitcher traded verbal grabs with martinez after that ball. benches cleared but no further action happened. and the dodgers are sending their ace to the mound on short rest in hopes of clenching the series at home. kershaw won game 1 last thursday. we'll have more sports news a bit later including an nfl coach getting the axe just three games into the season. >> thanks very much. coming up, washington state pays the highest minimum wage in the

country. and a new debate in the other washington. that's dc. this time it's the name of their football team. more on the controversy over their team after this. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko on august 20th,

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here are the top stories. libya wants an explanation after the u.s. captured an al-qaeda leader there. about 150 libbians protested the raid. he was seized outside of his home in tripoli. he is accused of being involved in the 1998 bombing in kenya and tansania. the new supreme court session began today. they will hear cases involving affirmative action and campaign contributions among others. plus --

forgive us also when we put politics ahead of progress. lord, strengthen our senator today. >> well, those prayers have not been answered on capitol hill at least not so far. and as we have been seeing here on al jazeera america this standoff is having a real impact on real people. >> reporter: for michelle the government shutdown could be a matter of life and death. she was diagnosed with page four cancer after a tumor was discovered while she was pregnant. >>off was diagnosed i started radiation, and after radiation, i had two different regimens of chemo therapy. >> reporter: she was applying to be part of a clinical trial, and politics sidelined her

treatment. >> so find this trial and be excited and then be told it was going to be put on hold because of the government shutdown was just a big blow honestly. >> reporter: douglas shaw could lose his business in yosemite national park. the shutdown has forced him to layoff some of his staff and dip into savings. >> we're debating whether to pay mortgage or payroll. those are the decisions that we are forced to make right now. >> reporter: wendy robinson is feeling the pain at work and on the home front. she is a preschool teacher for a head start program in alabama cut by the budget impasse. >> all i could think about was, you know, dear god please do not let this go on for longer than a day or two, because i'm a single parent with three children.

>> reporter: her youngest was also a student in her head start class. >> she learns a lot in one day at school, and i teach a lot in one day at that school. >> reporter: the head start program was handed a lifeline of sorts when philanthropists announced a $10 million donation. wendy said she was excited to hear the news and working to find out whether that money will help fund her program. but if the government doesn't reopen by november 1st, programs curving more than 80,000 kids across the country could lose funding. the latest battle over minimum wage is being waged in washington state. entry level pay there is now the highest in the country at more than $9 an hour. some workers say that is not high enough. allen reports on the fight in the city of seatac between

business and labor. >> reporter: among those complaining for a $15 an hour minimum wage is this man. he says the wage sounds great, and guaranteed sick pay vacation pay. he currently makes $11.20 an hour. it is still not enough, he says for his family of four. >> i can have a better life, you know. we came here to achieve the american dream, and we don't want to rely on public assistance. >> reporter: but at up scale lodge, the general manager cease a 63% jump in minimum pay as too much, too fast. >> our prices will go up, it will make us less competitive, we will have employees that will have reduced hours and could face elimination.

>> those should be middle class good-paying jobs in our economy. >> reporter: the proposition couldn't benefit all minimum wage workers here. it is written to target people working at the airport and in the hospitality industry connected with it. estimates veriry but more than 6,000 workers would get a raise. mostly at the airport, but also at big hotels nearby and rental car companies and off-site parking lots. campaign fund-raising records clearly show a battle between labor and business with unions supporting the increase, airlines and the hospitality industry opposing it. what is the broader economic impact for a specific set of workers? the doctor at the university of washington says there are so many moving parts it's hard to

predict. >> the best research suggests that they do increase earnings for workers in the jobs. they decrease turnover for those employees, and they may damp down the number of those kinds of jobs that are there. >> reporter: there are only about 11,000 registered voters in the city. turnout will be critical. well the u.s. supreme court began its new term today. the nine justices will tackle some constitutionally significant case us on controversial issues. david shuster joins us with more. >> the cases on this particular term not as high profile as previous years. but still the issues will have some reach on some of the greatest post passionate debates of our time.

many believe that the political system is broken because of the flow of money into the system. the issue involves individual contribution limits. as it stands individuals are not allowed to give more than $2,600. but they have already ruled in citizens united, saying that limiting contributions is a violation of free speech. the other controversial debate will be over contraception. religious groups say forcing

organizations to provide contraception is unconstitutional. >> and there are others that will generate interest too? >> yeah, abortion is on the docket as well. the protests that we see every year in washington, in massachusetts the supreme court is take up a law that has established buffer zones outside of clinics as far as the protests are concerned. the court will decide whether the buffer zone violates a protesters freedom of expression. there is a high profile case involving affirmative action. the court reviews a michigan law that limits race as a consideration for admission. it could admission practices and policies at public universities nationwide. the overhead-line generating case involves presidential power. president obama has used recess appointments to appoint administration officials while the senate was on break and

unable to confirm the nominees. >> and anthony kennedy is the one expected to be the swing vote. >> yes. he is the one in the senor there with the glasses. he gave a speech last week, noting his frustration with the role the supreme court now plays even though he perhaps has the greatest role in the supreme court. he told the university of pennsylvania, quote, any society that relies on nine unelected judges to resolve the most serious issues of the day is not a functioning democracy. well, the way they usually function is to deliver opinions on these cases by the ends of the spring. one case they decided not to hear involves virginia anti-sodomy law. the governor has asked the

supreme court to review that. the supreme court said no we're allowing the lower court to stand. and it is not going to consider an appeal of a jury verdict that was delivered against two big tobacco companies. and then the supreme court also decided it was not going to weigh into a case in georgia in which a man has been declared mentally retarded is on death row. policy makers meeting in brazil this week for a major conference on child labor are on a mission. according to an international labor organization issued last month there are 168 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 working around the world. 85 million children do work that is classified as hazardous, like working in mines.

the majority of child laborers live in the asia-pacific children. that's one in eight children or nearly 78 million. human rights activists say child labor is a major issue in india. >> reporter: descending into the depths of danger. this 17-year-old starts another day by craw -- crawling into the mine to dig for coal. but just a few minutes in, he realizes there is something wrong. a heavy rock has collapsed on another minor, crushing his legs. the workers manage to free him, but he is clearly shaken. >> translator: every time i go to work, i think the roof is collapsing on top of me. i just feel like getting out of there. >> reporter: he has been working in the coal pits since he was

15, local activists believe around 70,000 children like him work in these so-called rat holes because adults are usually too big. the conditions in these mines are absolutely horrific. i'm standing on a temporary wooden platform and there is a drop of about 40 feet beneath me. around me there are caverns here and this is what the children crawl into to mine for coal. they literally have to go on their stomachs to be able to fit in these holes. accidents are not uncommon here, and when they occur, the workers are sometimes buried alive. the minors have no safety equipment or training, and live in squaller next to the coal pits. this woman has been lobbying the state government to rescue them, but nothing has been done because most are illegal

migrants. >> children have been dying, and the dead bodies are not being taken back, and they are not being reported because these are -- in the context of our state it's illegal migration. >> reporter: despite earning millions of dollars each other, mine owners use manual labor to big for coal. she is trying to get them to use machines, but they have denied the use of child labor. >> there is no child labor at all. you can quote me on international news. i don't mind for that. >> what about coal mining? >> we're not concerned with coal mining because we are dealing only with [ inaudible ]. >> he knows children work in these mines because he is one of them. his only goal is to earn enough money to one day leave. america tonight is coming up at the top of the hour, and al

jazeera america and joie chen is standing by in washington to tell us about the program. joie. >> good evening, john. we're going to look further into the weekend raids by u.s. special forces in africa. and we'll consider the reach of an al-qaeda partner group right in to the heartland community. minnesota is home to more somalia immigrants than any other state. investigators are aware that the al-shabab group has tried to recroup sometimes successfully. we'll meet some somalis in minnesota who remind us of the war and violence they tried so hard to escape. sgloovrjs myself and most of the parents don't fear of the radical regime, but what actually i scare for the most or for my kids is being monitored, being profiled just because we happen to be somali and muslim.

>> we'll hear more about the pressures and pain about minnesota somali community. there is another debate happening in washington. at issue the name of the city's football team. the franchise says it honors native americans. al jazeera john terrett has the story. >> reporter: a seminar lead by the onita nation. many native americans find redskins a racist slur. >> if it's offending people, then it eaches time to change it. >> what started as a small protest has grown into a change the mascot complain. campaigner now have white house comments. president obama's comments seen as a game changer. >> if i were the owner of the

team, i would think about changing it. >> when the first heard the president's remarks, the onita leader wases andi -- astounded. the term ed skins goes back 20 years. the team has had an awkward past when it comes to race relations, they were the last in the league to have a black player. but the management is hitting back saying . . . in may, owner daniel snyder put it more bluntly . . . clinical

psychologists say constant expose sure to racial slurs have been an impact. >> in the moment people will have higher levels of mental health problems. >> reporter: if this world belongs to youngsters then the term redskins may be short lived. teenagers from cooperstown attended the seminar to explain why they junked the name for their school. but it may yet take a while [ technical difficulties ] coming up major league baseball takes center stage.

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michael eaves is back with sports. i love this time of the year, because it is baseball season, post season, and some big games. >> yeah. the st. louis cardinals pitcher came within an out of throwing a no-hitter in the final start of the regular season. and today he came within a pitch of throwing a no-hitter. today it was obvious he was not

ready for this series to end. the rookie dominated the pirate's hitter striking out 9 through 7 innings. as far as the offense was concerned matt holliday provided all the cardinals would need. now, again, he took today a no-hitter into the 8th inning, before pedro alvarez blasted this solo home run. it cut the pirates deficit to just one, but they could get no closer. the cardinals hang on to win it 2-1. but more on the story of the day, the rookie pitcher throwing a gym in his post-season debut. >> i think it's a little bit of anxiety before the game just sitting around waiting for the game to start. but once i was out there, all of the nerves went away. >> i don't know if you could put

a kid in a tougher spot, and he came out and just made pitches all day long. he just has a knack of getting up there and very business like getting the job done. i'm not going to go on too long, because i would like to see him throw a couple of more times this year. and the tigers fell behind early. josh reddick put the as up 3-1 with that home run. but then detroit came on to tie it on a 2-run single by johnny -- perralta. cleveland takes a 6-3 lead into the 9th inning, and then grant

valcore coming in. they trade verbal jabs and the benches clear. nothing really happens from there. >> he stared me down, and i said what is your problem? you got a problem come out here? so he came out, and had a few words. no big deal. i like it. he was staring me down so i said come out, and so he came out. >> obviously he is a character on the mound so there is going to be some fireworks on the mound sometimes. two weeks after he was benched in favor of his rookie backup, josh freeman is headed to minnesota. and he is getting $3 million for the remainder of this season to do it. he through for 4,000 and 17

interceptions in 2012 with the bucs, but struggled with consistentsy to start this season. freeman who will not start for the vikings sunday against the panthers is still owed an additional $6 million from the bucs. and then michael vick injured his left hamstring yesterday. he left the game in the second quarter, nick boles came on in relief and through touchdown passes. now vick not able to play sunday and could miss up to two weeks, that would be the 13th game he has missed due to injury. the flyers fired peter laviolette after just three losses. he lead the flyers to three

straight playoff appearances but they struggled last season and missed the post season. assistant coach craig burbery will take over as head coach. >> from day one of training camp i was concerned at how the team looked. 0-3 is 0-3. we still got a long way to go in terms of the season, but it was more about how we played. we don't look like a team at all. >> peter did a very good job for us. but right now we have been struggling. i'm a fan of peter. i think he did some very good things for this organization. it's a tough day when you have to let somebody go. but paul felt it was time to make a change, and i would never

say to paul you can't make a chai -- change. >> i have always been a flyer in my mind, and i'm the head coach, so i would like to thank them. >> this is an awkward situation. >> you don't see this in other industries, but you see it in sports all the time. >> yes. all right. michael thing you have much. kevin corriveau has the worth right after this. closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you.

♪ well we are looking at a very active western pacific typhoon season. we just saw one making landfall across china. the remnants are really just some rain showers. the other one has just gone over okinawa. we were talk about a typhoon that was equivalent to a hurricane 4. now the system has weakened. it is still equivalent to a category 3. heavy rain showers across

southern japan, and across south korea. we could be seeing flooding across this region. so here on tuesday morning it is going to be very, very wet. across the southwest part of the united states, a lot of dry conditions because we have a ridge of high-pressure that has been in place. the ridge is breaking down. we are getting more moisture off of the pacific. we do expect to see some snow here in the see -- sierra nevada s. towards the east we have red flag warnings. that's due to the heat and going to be a problem at least for the next day. across the northeast the showers are pushing threw, and more rain across maine. that's a look at your weather tonight. have a great evening. ♪

the supreme's court today. the court will look at affirmive action law that will ban the admission. the justice will also the hear the case on health care coverage and campaign